Profits slipping, suppliers warn Wall Street

AUTHOR(S)

Wilson, Amy

PUB. DATE

September 2000

SOURCE

Automotive News;9/25/2000, Vol. 75 Issue 5895, p18

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the warnings aired by automobile suppliers in the United States on decreases in profits for the third quarter of fiscal 2000. Reasons for the profit decline; Names of suppliers issuing profit warnings; Difficulty in revenue growth.

ACCESSION #

3697183

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